2021-03-19T08:43:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
The Supreme Court, recently, did the right thing by terming as serious the allegation by a petitioner that three crore ration cards were cancelled for not being linked with the Aadhaar database and that these were connected to reported starvation deaths in some States. […]
2021-03-13T22:57:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
There exists a stark difference between the rates of the biological and socio-cultural evolution of humans. Scientists believe that we are still evolving and adapting, but not any serious breakthrough has occurred for a long time. On the other hand, our socio-cultural evolution has gone faster over time. [...]
2021-03-12T16:30:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Syllabus Connect :- General Studies -Paper II (Issues relating to poverty and hunger) Mains Connect:- Discuss the status of hunger and malnutrition post-COVID 19 in India and the suggest measures to improve it. Much attention paid to the pandemic’s harm may have been focused on economic growth, but a far [...]
2021-03-10T01:52:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
In India, even today, many women continue to be engaged in one of the most inhuman and undignified forms of manual scavenging, which involves cleaning of insanitary dry latrines with bare hands, carrying the basket or bucket containing the human faeces on their head, and disposing of it, on a [...]
2021-03-10T01:56:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
[ Must Read ] A silent revolution over the last decade has had significant implications on fertility rates and the economy. As more women are turning towards higher education and correspondingly better employment opportunities, they are delaying childbirth and having fewer children. With Indian women pursuing higher education in larger [...]
2021-03-05T02:59:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Among Indian cities with a population of more than a million, Bengaluru has emerged as the best city on ease of living parameters among 49 million-plus cities in 2020. […]
2021-02-12T19:30:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Context:- Indian society’s preoccupation with marriage has gripped its government of late. On Independence Day, Prime Minister announced that his government was contemplating raising the minimum age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years. Currently, it is 18 for girls and 21 for boys. In order to circumvent [...]
2021-01-22T23:07:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials, Society|
In 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, female labour force participation in India and South Asia was 20.5% and 23.5%, respectively (ILO estimates, World Bank database). Comparable estimates for males were 76% and 77%, respectively. The Middle East and North Africa are the only regions with lower female participation than South [...]
2021-01-24T23:15:28+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
The key findings from the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) of selected states have reminded us that India is facing a crisis of poor nutrition outcomes. […]
2021-01-22T18:33:40+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History, Society|
A temple is just another building. It has all the structural elements of a building — floor, walls, pillars, windows, sunshades, roof. But in different forms, shapes and functions; and an aesthetic that evolved over centuries. […]
